BNUU-Admin August 16, 2025 11:36 am Mental health is often spoken of in policy documents and health strategies distant, abstract words. But for Akullu, a 70-year-old widow from Agago, Northern Uganda, it became the lifeline that pulled her from the depths of despair to the heights of hope. Her life
BNUU-Admin August 16, 2025 11:32 am When Okello set fire to the only hut his family owned, his mother thought she had lost him forever. But what happened next changed both their lives. For years, Okello’s mother, Lanyero from Kalongo Town Council in Agago District, had watched her only son
BNUU-Admin August 16, 2025 11:25 am No Comments In Lapono Sub-County, Agago District, mental health care was once out of reach services were 20 kilometers away at Dr. Ambrosoli Memorial Hospital in Kalongo. For low-income families, distance and deep-rooted stigma, especially around epilepsy, meant many suffered in silence. In 2022,
BNUU-Admin August 16, 2025 11:11 am No Comments In a remote village of Ajwa, Adilang subcounty, Northern Uganda, Grace was a devoted mother whose life revolved around caring for her 10-year-old son. in 2019, her son began suffering from relentless seizures, leaving him unable to walk, speak, or feed himself.